Math Dept 2019-2020
Newsletter 12
Monday, 2 March 2020
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newsletters can now be reached via the department website.
[Click on “About” and
then “News and Events”].
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by the end of the workweek --Ed
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MEETINGS
AND SEMINARS IN THE DEPARTMENT
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Mondays
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Combinatorics Seminar
Mondays at 3pm in
room 213.
Coordinator: Louis
Shapiro
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TUESDAYS
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Seminar On Topological Semigroups
10:10 AM to 11:00
AM, Annex III lab.
The seminar started
on Tuesday, January 28th.
Neil will continue talking
about some of his recent work.
Coordinator Dennis
Davenport
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Wednesdays
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Graduate Student
Seminar
12.10 to 1pm ASB-B 213
Coordinator: Matthew Cavallo
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Math team/Math Club
meetings
Wednesdays at 5pm, room 213.
This week the math
club will meet. Last week we went over some problems related to a problem from
the latest Putnam exam.
Organizers: Jill McGowan (math club), Sankar Sitaraman (math team)
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Fridays
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Clifford Algebras
Seminar
3.10 pm, Graduate
School, 317A
Starting Feb 21, Tim
Myers giving a series of talks on new developments in this field.
Coordinators: Dennis
Davenport and Tim Myers
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Geometry Seminar
Friday, 2 pm,
Departmental Lounge (Room 201)
Speaker: Todd Drumm
Abstract: In this
first series of seminars, Todd Drumm will go over a
seminal paper by Fields medalists Milnor and Thurston on the dynamics of maps
on the real line. No prerequisite is needed besides basic undergraduate
mathematics (calculus 1, linear algebra) and a lot of curiosity. The exposition
will be practical rather than formal, Mathematica code will help understanding
what is going on. Students are highly encouraged to participate.
Coordinator: Roberto
de Leo
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Mathematics
Department Colloquium
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Fridays 4.10 to
5 pm, Room 213, ASB-B
Friday, Mar 6.
Mike Reed, Duke University
A James Donaldson
Memorial Lecture
Previous week’s
speaker:
Feb 28, Naiomi Cameron, Spelman
College.
A sign-reversing
involution on peakless Motzkin
paths.
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TALKS AND
WORKSHOPS OUTSIDE DEPARTMENT
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1. WEBINAR SERIES on the Impact of the Mathematical Sciences
The mathematical sciences play
a critical role in advancing crucial innovations and improving our prosperity,
health, and security. Join us for a webinar
series featuring mathematicians telling the most important
stories of how math has made an impact, from traffic simulations to
personalized medicine.
Registration
and Information page
2. (Thanks to Dennis Davenport)
Graduate Student
Conference & Undergraduate Poster Session
March 28–29, 2020, Syracuse University (Syracuse, NY)
For Graduate/Undergraduate students from any field
Keynote Speakers: Professor Theodora Bourni
& Professor Bruce Sagan
Registration form: https://forms.gle/q715oQogBVmQYXnH8
Details at: http://mgo.syr.edu/conferences/upcoming/
3. The Howard University Research Symposium will be held on April 16th and 17th,
2020 in the Interdisciplinary Research Building. The deadline for
Abstract Submissions is March 8, 2020, 11:59pm.
Please submit your abstracts
using the link below:
http://researchweek.howard.edu/abstracts
In
past newsletters:
Dimacs Workshop Reconnect 2020: Optimization, June 2020
2020 Summer
African Diaspora Joint Mathematics Workshop (ADJOINT), June 2020
QUBES Faculty Mentoring Network (FMN) Opportunities
Spring 2020
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
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1. Lou Shapiro
writes:
"Palindromes and Pseudo-involution
Multiplication" (Lou Shapiro with
Tian-Xiao He) has appeared in the May 2020 issue of Linear Algebra and its
Applications.
2. Talk by Aziz Yakubu on success in academia at the Word of Science website: Video
of Talk
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SCHOLARSHIP AND
FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
(from various
sources)
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1. Summer
research opportunities at FDA, Silver Spring
Opportunities
available at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Center for Devices
and Radiological Health (CDRH) located in Silver Spring,
Maryland. Participants will have an opportunity to gain a hands-on
research experience on a variety of regulatory research projects related
to CDRH's mission. The program is designed for participants to engage
with an expert mentor or mentors during the summer to examine
a question of interest related to those projects within the placement
office. Anticipated start day is on or around May 18, 2020,
but can be negotiated with the mentor to commence on any Monday
throughout the summer in order to best align with school schedules.
Information and
Application at
https://www.zintellect.com/Opportunity/Details/FDA-CDRH-2020-0003
2. (Thanks to Talitha Washington) QEM/NSF Summer Internship
The ten-week, Washington, DC-based
summer internship opportunity (May 26 – July 31, 2020) is made possible through
a grant to the Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) Network from the National
Science Foundation (NSF). The internship will provide round-trip airfare,
assistance with ground and local transportation costs, shared summer housing in
Washington, DC and a $4,000 (undergraduate) and $5,000 (graduate) taxable
stipend, payable in three installments during the summer.
During the internship, students will have
an opportunity to be mentored by program officers at
NSF that are involved in making science policy and in
implementing
national programs focused on STEM. The experience is
designed to increase the students’ understanding of
how science policy is made as well as to further develop their potential for becoming leaders and proponents
of increased participation in STEM by students from
underrepresented minority groups.
Application form: https://form.jotform.com/200085698440154
Application
Deadline – Priority deadline Friday, February 21, 2020
Application
Deadline – Final deadline Wednesday, March 4, 2020
Decision
Notification – Friday, March 27, 2020
In previous newsletters:
U.S. DHS Opportunities for Student
Workforce to Experience Research
Preparation for Industrial Careers in
Mathematics (PIC Math)
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INTERESTING ARTICLES
AND WEBSITES
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1. (Thanks to Louise Raphael) What problem with an elementary solution remained unsolved the longest?
A nice
explanation of the progress on the congruent number problem.
2. Katherine Johnson passes away
Katherine
Johnson, NASA mathematician who helped the US land on the moon, and was
featured in “Hidden Figures,” passed away at age 101.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/24/science/katherine-johnson-dead.html